Video Transcript

Hi, this is Bruce Lessels from Zoar Outdoor on behalf of expertvillage.com. We¡¯re going to talk about making a campfire and taking down a campfire and campfire safety. So there are bunch of different methods to make a campfire. One method that I like is called the log cabin method, in this one you¡¯re really going to just build kind of crewed log cabin around the center of tender and finer stuff and you¡¯re going to light that finer stuff and by it kind of convicting up through the log cabin and through the structure it¡¯s going to light the log cabin on fire and you¡¯re going to get a nice lively fire. So here¡¯s one started and I started this off with some birch bark on the bottom and some fine kindling on the bottom as well to get the fire going. Then I¡¯m starting to build this cabin structure around it and just taking some a little bit bigger pieces of wood and using those and as I¡¯m building it I¡¯m making it narrower and narrower so it does kind of funnel the flame toward the center. This fire is going to have plenty of room to breathe, so it¡¯s going to have plenty of room for air to get into the sides here and it¡¯s also going to have a nice upward shape cause the flame does rise and the heat does rise up it¡¯s going to rise up to the center and it¡¯s going to catch the fire pretty easily and it should burn well once we get it going. So a log cabin type fire is one of the easy ways to start a fire and one of the more reliable methods for starting a fire out in the woods.